Joseph halter



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J. HALTER.

METHOD OF EMBROIDERING AND APPARATUS THEREFOR.

Patented Dec. 27,1881.

INVENTOR BY 60 ATTORNEYS WITNESSES:- $27 451% r, Washi UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH HALTER, OF REBSTEIN, SWITZERLAND.

METHOD OF EMBROIDERING AND APPARATUS THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,579, dated December 27, 1881.

Application filed August20,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH HALTER, of Robstein, Switzerland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machine-Embroidery, and in the Process and Apparatus for Mannfacturing the same, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is, first, to make diiferent kinds of lace, guipures, and other varieties of machine-em broidery thatcan be made on ordinary embroidery-machines with cotton,

flax, wool, silk, or other thread upon a ground of paper or other material that can be easily washed away or removed when the lace or other open-work is completed; second, to provide apparatus to support the paper when it would by itself be torn by the embroidery needles and thread; third, to connect the embroidery figures by strong thread passed through each figure, so thatthey are suspended to each other; and, fourth, to wash away or remove the paper or other easily destructible ground on which the embroidery has been made.

The apparatus for supporting the paper and the strong thread connectin g embroidery-figures is shown on the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevation of the apparatus for supporting the paper. Fig. 2 is a crosssection of the same, and Figs. 3 and 4 show embroidery-figures connected together.

' I place in the embroidery-machine ordinary paper, a, or paper specially prepared. I then place on each side of the paper, near where the needles enter, two bars. I), which may be of wood, one i t each side. These bars are connected by arms 0 to the machine-frame d. To each of these bars is fixed a thin plate, 6, with a scalloped edge. The needles pass through the paper atthe points f, and the plates 6, projecting between the needles, hold the paper and keep it from being torn when the needles and thread are drawn through. The under stitches are first made on the paper where the figures are to be embroidered, the thread being continuous from one figure to. another. When under stitches have been made for the desired number of figures they are connected by strong thread g, (see Fig. 3,) that is made to-pass below the under stitches of one figure,- then drawn out at the front and passed below After the embroidering is finished the fabric is immersed in cold or hot water, and the paper ground falls away from the lace or other embroidery, which is then ready to be bleached or otherwise finished.

The apparatus for supporting the paper is W so fitted as to be readily moved for examining the embroidery or for cutting off the ends of the thread. The apparatus is only needed when the paper or other material on which the embroidery is to be made is not strong enough to sustain the action of the needles and thread during embroidery.

By the use of my invention I obtain a fabric difl'erent from and superior to the ordinary lace or embroidery, which I call Rebstein lace, and it is made without the use of a ground of woven fabric or of a perforating apparatus, which makes the ordinary embroidery so costly.

I declare that I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The method herein described of manufacturing embroidery, consisting in working the design upon paper, connecting same together by passing a thread below the under stitches and out at the front of the several figures, and subsequently removing the paper by washing, as set forth.

2. In an apparatnsfor embroideriu g, aclam ping-frame provided with adjustable springactuated jaws having scalloped edges, substantially as shown and described, whereby the material is adapted to be held and prevented from being torn while being embroidered, as set forth.

3. In an apparatus for embroidering, the combination, with the frame at, of the arms a, the bars I), and the plates 0, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In an apparatus for embroiderin g, the combination, with the bars b on the lower ends of the arms 0, of the scalloped plates 0, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOSEPH HALTER.

Witnesses:

J. MICHEL, FERD. BRETTANER. 

